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Vile crimes : the Timaru poisonings / Peter Graham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Canterbury University Press, 2007.Description: 162 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781877257599 (pbk.) :
  • 9781877257599
  • 1877257591
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1523099387 22
Summary: On a drizzly Monday morning, 16 August 1886, the inhabitants of Timaru woke to astounding news. Tom Hall junior, a well-known local businessman and man about town, nephew of former New Zealand Premier Sir John Hall, had been arrested for attempting to murder his wife, Kitty, by poisoning. Also charged was Margaret Houston, Kitty Hall's lady-help. It was without doubt the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened in Timaru, if not the whole colony...So begins Vile Crimes, a riveting and fast-paced examination of one of New Zealand's most sensational court cases.
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Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 364. 152 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00470533

Includes bibliographical references (p.156-157) and index.

On a drizzly Monday morning, 16 August 1886, the inhabitants of Timaru woke to astounding news. Tom Hall junior, a well-known local businessman and man about town, nephew of former New Zealand Premier Sir John Hall, had been arrested for attempting to murder his wife, Kitty, by poisoning. Also charged was Margaret Houston, Kitty Hall's lady-help. It was without doubt the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened in Timaru, if not the whole colony...So begins Vile Crimes, a riveting and fast-paced examination of one of New Zealand's most sensational court cases.

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